Word: gracing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Swan is a quiet movie abut love, set in a country palace of Hungary in the early part of the century. It has three attractions: Grace Kelly, Alec Gunniess, and a new twist on the old triangular plot...
...Grace is well cast as the princess, and glides with shy detachment through the regal love affair, ever dressed in cool blue or white. After the first twenty minutes the audience begins to suspect that she is not acting...
...triangle has the unpromising role of a dashing young man on the intellectual trapeze who does not even get the bacon at the end. Louis Jourdan does little to salvage the part. He is, however, overshadowed by better acting in the smaller parts, especially by Estelle Winwood, who plays Grace's Aunt Synphorosa with the wit one would expect from Guinness...
...acting being as good as it is and the plot as bad as it is, the overall effect is an aristocratic grace of considerable charm, if you don't go expecting too much...
...Swan. For those not invited to the wedding-a pretty, witty fairy tale, written by Ferenc Molnar, in which Grace Kelly is won by middle-aged Prince Charming Alec Guinness (Time, April...